Deer Creek
- On July 28, 2008
- By Randall Tate
- In Camping, Canyoneering, Desert
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Ace, Justin, Mitchells and I went exploring Deer Creek. It just happened to be after some heavy rains that turned the water into coffee. Here are some of Ace and Justin’s photos.
Escalante Rodeo
- On July 26, 2008
- By Randall Tate
- In Self-Assignment
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Escalante is the town just down the road from Boulder. Every year they host a rodeo for the local cowboys and girls. I have never had so much fun shooting anything in my life. This was pure Utah cowboy lifestyle and I had an all-access pass. The ear to ear grin never left my face the entire time.
Mail Trail
- On July 17, 2008
- By Randall Tate
- In Desert, Stories
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Ace and I went out into the desert early this morning to shoot some of the locals reenacting the old mail run from Escalante to Boulder. This particular section required the horse and rider to climb a 45 degree slope of bare rock up from the canyon floor. Their strength and skill were incredible. One slip from the horse and they were both going to plummet 300 feet.
Green River
- On July 13, 2008
- By Randall Tate
- In Rafting, Trips
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We spent four days rafting the Green River from Colorado to Utah through the Gates of Ladore and Dinosaur National Monument. We were literally one beer into the trip when we came to the first obstacle. It was either right or left of this boulder, but Rod decided to run her straight on. Rod was fine, but the dory couldn’t have gotten pinned any worse. Peter and I spent a couple hours trying to salvage gear and managed to snag enough between dives to keep the trip alive.
After trying a dozen different attempts to z-pull the dory off the boulder, we gave up and camped next to it on the shore hoping it would come off in the night as the water level changed. It never did come free so after much deliberation we decided to abandon it and float on.
Update: the dory did eventually come free a couple weeks later and beached itself just downstream. The Park Service was well aware of the dory by that time and made arrangements to have it choppered upstream to the put-in. We’re not sure if Rod will have to flip the bill or not.
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